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Well...last time we played them, we ran them out of our gym. I don't think that is going to be happening on Saturday. I would love a W, but...
 
“I didn’t want to play them because they kicked our butts the last time we played them.” — Utah coach Larry Krystkowiak on Weber State.

Larry is a sissy. What a pathetic excuse to end instate games. And a synopsis of everything wrong with college sports.
 
wsucatfan said:
“I didn’t want to play them because they kicked our butts the last time we played them.” — Utah coach Larry Krystkowiak on Weber State.

Larry is a sissy. What a pathetic excuse to end instate games. And a synopsis of everything wrong with college sports.
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LK is a pathetic excuse in general. Would we expect anything less from him?

But...I totally agree with you. College athletics is full of craven egomaniacs determining schedules. The tail truly wags the dog. It isn't about the challenge as much as padding schedules and ensuring wins. There is no reason why Utah hasn't played Weber for 8 years other than LK is a wimp.

On another note, do we even have a chance in this one?
 
LK won't play Weber or USU. What a tool. This is why scheduling needs to be taken out of coaches hands. It's killing college basketball.
 
Only really watched the second half. What doomed the Cats was -shocking- rebounding and poor outside shooting. Our defensive effort was better than what I have seen so far this season. Utah only shot 35% from the field and 20% from 3. Yet, we gave up 17 offensive boards.

Personally, I wasn't that impressed with Utah. I don't think the Utes are that great. If Weber would have hit a couple more shots in the 2nd half that game ends up being far closer.
 
i can see why it wasn't renewed as per the 4 dozen on hand at the game. the good new is wsu is still unbeaten in ogden against the utes for a long time.

utah's last win in ogden was 2007. their last appearance at the dee was a beatdown by dame in 2011. the front cover of the sports page read "In-state massacre: 'Cats beat Utes by 29, setting series record".
 
One encouraging thing about this game was that our guys didn't wilt against the pressure like they did in the USU game. We took a lot better care of the ball and didn't back down defensively. We missed shots that we can make and that is what lost the game for us. However, I'm encouraged by the progress this team has made since that USU game. Now we have BYU coming up this week and league games firing up right after. My feelings are that this team will continue to improve. :coffee:
 
" However, I'm encouraged by the progress this team has made since that USU game."

I'm glad you are seeing improvement olds...No where to go but up.....Here is a few rankings that have shown Weber dropping all season....

https://www.masseyratings.com/cb/ncaa-d1/ratings They have Weber at 251

https://www.teamrankings.com/ncb/ Again at 251

https://www.usatoday.com/sports/ncaab/sagarin/ Weber at 263

https://www.ncaa.com/rankings/basketball-men/d1/ncaa-mens-basketball-net-rankings 293 here....


Must have really polished those purple glasses up....but as I said, no where to go but up....
 
sacstateman said:
" However, I'm encouraged by the progress this team has made since that USU game."

I'm glad you are seeing improvement olds...No where to go but up.....Here is a few rankings that have shown Weber dropping all season....

https://www.masseyratings.com/cb/ncaa-d1/ratings They have Weber at 251

https://www.teamrankings.com/ncb/ Again at 251

https://www.usatoday.com/sports/ncaab/sagarin/ Weber at 263

https://www.ncaa.com/rankings/basketball-men/d1/ncaa-mens-basketball-net-rankings 293 here....


Must have really polished those purple glasses up....but as I said, no where to go but up....
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You know what scares me? When fans are encouraged by losing to a rival by 10 instead of 50 points. Weber State used to have Abbeglin that would fire the team up and get them scrapping every second of the game. Fans were excited and expected to win.

Now we have Rahe issuing what basically amounts to apologies for taking the court against these teams and screwing up players’ minds by saying that he hopes they compete and they will learn from it....then comes the post game excuses of playing a veteran team or complaining about injuries or the fact he can’t keep players...which ever team goes through.

Frankly it’s pathetic. Maybe we should have an anti-depressant drug sponsor the team given this negative crap mentality.

They are improved, but when push comes to shove, they will crumble down the stretch against the decent teams in conference due to this crap mentality and the hero ball no team concept that is employed.

Honestly, I would have been a bit upbeat after this game...then I read the same crap quotes. It would be nice to see a quote saying we are every bit as good as this team or saying we will get back to winning these games...but Rahe wants to lower the bar. Mission accomplished!

Thank heavens for Jay Hill and the football team. Even in his first year (2-10), he said he expected to be able to win games like when they played NDSU at home.. He believes it, and their players do. They played them tight until the last 5 minutes of the game.

If only the basketball team had that mentality.
 
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